New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-16
TgE P1N-1NGLTCAN SYNOD.

Tb. oreat Pan-Angcan Synod which the Arch
bishop of Canterbury has called TO meet at LAIN
beth on the Sd OF next July Will comm"hu "''
attention of all Protestant Christendom. In ioo
the first Pan-Anglican Synod met at lamoe'n
nursnant to a call OF the then Archbishop VI
canterbury All the bishops OF the worid IL
communion with the See of Canterbury were III
vited TO take Iart in its deliberations. III "as
exnrcssly understood rhat the Synod should nave
M novrr to lcgislate for the independent OF
national churches which shonld be Represented i"
il or in any way to interfere with thef rigntS
or liberties Ii was simply to MAKE curtain
declarations in regard TO matters that cohoci"'
tbe whole Anglican communion, ana even u'c''
declarations had no more force than th"c WIN"
nropcrIy belonged to the dclibcratvc utrranoc'
Of the eminent and representative preiates VINO
cornoscd the Synod. Even in spite OF these
sa,.cuards there was n certain amount OF frctoh.
Sou. or the bisho;s Of the Epsc pal Church IN
This country. notably Bishop Hopkins, OF YER
mont seemed tn fear that the synod ml"ht not
ropcrIv respect the co-ord nat equality OF na'ioha
churches But these little frctons were smoothea
over and on the whole the Synod did much 10
nromotr Christ an fellowship and cehne the po'luoh
OF Anglicanism in the world today.
The coming Pan-Anglcan Synod will meet uhder
moro favorable auspices 1t il no longer vague
experiment Ia be feared but great TACT IN thc
history Of the hurch. Moreover, during th"Ne
last twenty years the Anglican Communion ana
tie Protestant Episcopal Church IN the Ihi'cd
S,otos bave been growing with great rardty.
They have been improving their mcth"is OF
vorl, md STRENGTHENING and increasing their mis-
sionary operations They have been maxi NJ anda-
bic and successful efforts 10 reach the people and
60, ,ln pnc1l
Of the age. It hrs net merely been an era Of
church huidng. but era OF vital churrh
Growth. The Anglican Church has shaken on the
last vcstrrs of that dead Journalism that head
the eighteenth century church in il grasp and
has done much to rrgan the ground it lost in
that dcplorabe ncc OF its history. During the
same period the growth Of the hurch in the
ni.cd States has been uncNam led, and though
set comparatively small in numbers it stands
TODAY among the first in strength, influence and
pract;cal Christian work
But these twenty years especially notable
ror fine Growth ~ the desire for Christian unity in
thc Anglican Communion Up 10 the meeting Of
rho FIRST pan-Anclioan synod. this fcchn" had
manifested itself chiefly in ~ direction OF tie
Great Creek ard Latin commun'ons. To-day the
desire for unity with tie other great Protestant
cofrfruri.ns has become predominant AMI that fool!
ing sill doubtless find some expression in the
coming synod. \ spirit Of tolerance and charity
IA, crown up in the Anglican and Episcopal
chnrohc, that must seriously modify the old
-iastical doematism that used to animate thr
bishops Of tie Anglican Church.
lh. topics to be discussed rs Tie coming Fan
ANGLICAN synod are thofoue'h. practical They
,f, iIl.. hurch', w.i in rotation to n'"mlrith'"'
,...,.,, ,,ro ~ i,r,u Grants and socialism: tie